Sunday, December 16, 2012
Griefsongs: A Prayer For Newtown
…because sometimes there are no words.
- The Changing Colors: Take Care Of All My Children (orig. Tom Waits) [2011]
- The Wailin’ Jennys: Calling All Angels (orig. Jane Siberry) [2009]
- Laura Cantrell: I’ll Remember You (orig. Kui Lee) [2005]
- Lucy Kaplansky: Goodnight My Angel (orig. Billy Joel) [2007]
- Cheryl Porter: Tears In Heaven (orig. Eric Clapton) [2007]
- David Wilcox: Let Them In (orig. John Gorka) [1991]
- Allison Crowe: Angel (orig. Sarah McLachlan) [2004]
- Red Molly: Your Long Journey (orig. Doc Watson) [2011]
- Mark Erelli: Comfort (orig. Deb Talan) [2006]
- Gale Mead: Keep Me In Your Heart (orig. Warren Zevon) [2008]
- Lori Lieberman: Nobody’s Crying (orig. Patty Griffin) [2010]
- Doug Martsch: Some Things Last A Long Time (orig. Daniel Johnston)[2002]
- Matthew Mayfield: Fix You (orig. Coldplay) [2011]
- Red Horse: Sanctuary (orig. Eliza Gilkyson) [2010]
Previously on Cover Lay Down:
Category: Theme Posts 2 comments »
December 16th, 2012 at 11:56 pm
new york songwriter gambles wrote a tribute as well
https://soundcloud.com/whoisgambles/gambles-newtown-ct
December 24th, 2012 at 8:22 am
Thanks for sharing the Tom Waits song… I’ve not been through the rest of your song-list yet, but that one alone get’s it done! Now we wait and watch to see if the taking off young lives is enough pain to change this country’s “values” on guns and mental health.